Inverse distribution of hot electrons in a two-level quantum well with nonsymmetric scattering

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Hernandez Cabrera A ^a   Aceituno, P ^a   Vasko, F T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON RADIATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0037438412     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.045304     Document Type: Article

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